Next time pinch a lighter too! Crows caught taking a crafty cigarette break on holiday island

By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 7:51 AM on 20th May 2010

They already boast the raspy tones of seasoned smokers. But actually getting to grips with a cigarette is another thing. No matter how much they huffed and puffed, these crows couldn't quite work out what to do.

Britons Judie and Tony Ellis, on holiday in the Maldives, spotted one crow fly past with the packet before landing on a roof for a crafty cigarette break.

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Fancy a Malboro Flight? Two crows play with a packet of cigarettes in the Maldives

'It seemed to be dishing them out to the others,' Judie said. 'They even had them in their beaks the right way.'.

As Judie, 53, rushed to get her camera to record the scene two more crows arrived for a fag break and picked up the cigarettes in their beaks.

'It was taking the cigarettes out of the packet and putting them on the roof of the water villa. Then the other crows were picking them up.